On Saturday 27 June 2020 11:26:32 davidson wrote: > On Fri, 26 Jun 2020 Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Friday 26 June 2020 15:46:15 davidson wrote: > >> On Sat, 20 Jun 2020 Gene Heskett wrote: > >>> On Saturday 20 June 2020 20:57:38 David Wright wrote: > >>>> On Sat 20 Jun 2020 at 20:37:09 (-0400), Gene Heskett wrote: > >>>>> On Saturday 20 June 2020 20:13:08 davidson wrote: > >>>>>> On Sat, 20 Jun 2020, Gene Heskett wrote: > >>>>>>> On Saturday 20 June 2020 18:22:56 davidson wrote: > >>>>>>>> On Sat, 20 Jun 2020, Gene Heskett wrote: > >>>>>>>>> Greetings all; > >>>>>>>>> I am running an app that gets messed up if the screen > >>>>>>>>> blanker kicks in, so I used xset to shut off dpms. Has no > >>>>>>>>> effect. So how do I shut the screen blanker down for the > >>>>>>>>> jobs duration? > > ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ > > Mark that goal post. > > >>>>> [... davidson wrote:] > >>>>> > >>>>>> Since we seem to be troubleshooting, what is the output of > >>>>>> > >>>>>> $ xset q > >>>>> > >>>>> gene@coyote:/media$ xset q > > [snip] > > >>>>> DPMS (Energy Star): > >>>>> Standby: 450 Suspend: 600 Off: 900 > >>>>> DPMS is Disabled > >>>>> > >>>>> But if I repeat that query half san hour later, something has > >>>>> re-enabled dpms. Murphy? > >>> > >>> [... David Wright wrote:] > >>> > >>>> If the system insists on setting dpms, can you change those three > >>>> numbers with dpms 1 2 3 only using some *very* large numbers. > >>>> > >>>> (DE stuff is beyond me.) > >>>> > >>>> Cheers, > >>>> David. > >> > >> [... Gene Heskett wrote:] > >> > >>> I just gave that a try, with 3000 6000 and 9000 > >> > >> How did that go? > > > > I can turn it off, once, > > ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ > > What does this mean, exactly? > > Are you telling us that yes, the requested setting is *obeyed* for the > duration of that particular X session? (I cannot figure out anything > else it might mean.) > > Like, did you (in that desktop session) get 50 minutes of not-blank > screentime before standby mode kicked in after you issued > > $ xset dpms 3000 6000 9000 > > ? No but it was a couple minutes longer than its carved in stone 7.5 minute default.
> If so, then David's method does precisely what you asked for in your > original post, and it would be helpful --for the sake of people > reading the list archives at least-- for you to confirm that > unambiguously. > > How about it? Yes or No? > > > then its back to the 7.5 minute defaults. > > I've given up. I cannot force it on for more than 7.5 minutes by > > anything but a mouse wiggler. > > I might just come over there and mouse wiggle *you* if you don't drop > the damn Rodney Dangerfield routine. Hey, at my age, 85, I've earned that right. ;-) Then too, this IS 2nd Amendment country. > > Put on your big boy technician pants and properly exchange > troubleshooting information with your interested peers. > > And I'm now alone, they finally found a rest home for my missus, but > > she is quarantined for 2 weeks. At nearly 8g's a month. Out in the > > sticks, at least a 1:20 drive from here. And getting sick of my own > > cooking, but I've been doing all that since she fell and broke a hip > > nearly 4 years ago. > > New occassions teach new duties. Saw that inscribed in granite > once. Guess it must be true. So it seems, TANSTAAFL is a law you cannot break. She is my third, had her 30 years now. Good woman. > But take care of yourself, whatever else you do. I'm trying. My card case, with its spare parts installed list is getting fat though. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
